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You are here: Home / Crime News / April 30 Police Briefs

April 30 Police Briefs

April 30, 2021 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports.”

April 28 Day Shift

3824 Ringgold Road (theft):

The office manager at East Ridge Family Dentistry, called to report the overnight theft of five large galvanized flower pots valued at $300 each. (21-005816)

3223 Ardian Trail (auto theft):

The resident received a phone call this morning from a person who found some of his personal items on an area roadway. The man stated the items had been inside his black 2016 F-150 (TN tag 2T84A1). He went outside to find his truck had been stolen overnight. The vehicle was entered into NCIC. (21-005812)

6650 Ringgold Road (narcotics):

An anonymous caller stated people in a first-floor room at the LaQuinta Inn were selling Fentanyl and stole his money. The room was not occupied. (21-005811)

1417 St. Thomas Street (suspicious person):

Motel staff called about two people observed lying on the floor in the motel hallway. Police made contact with the two who claimed they were waiting on a ride. They were instructed to wait elsewhere. (21-005818)

6721 Ringgold Road (disorder/littering):

The husband of the store manager at Family Dollar observed the white male passenger of a 2002 Ford Focus hatchback with TN tag# DBZ126 putting trash into the store’s dumpster. The caller stated upon advising the subject to stop, the subject threatened to stab him. The reporting party advised he then exited his vehicle and his sidearm was visible, and the suspect immediately left. (21-005820)

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 Night Shift

1019 Hibbler Cir (Theft From Vehicle 21-005840):

The reporting party stated sometime in the overnight hours of April 27 their vehicle was entered and cash was taken.

4078 S Terrace (DUI 21-005843):

Karla Harris was taken into custody for DUI 2nd and possession of drug paraphernalia. following a crash.

6401 Ringgold Rd (Arrest 21-005844):

Michael Martin was taken into custody for public intoxication.

1417 St Thomas St (Arrest 21-005850):

Philip Shipley was taken into custody for possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

1400 S Moore Rd (DUI 21-005849):

Jose Calpes was taken into custody for DUI and violation of the open container law during a traffic stop.

601 Walnut St (Warrant Arrest 21-005855):

Charles Hudson was arrested on East Ridge warrants at the Hamilton County Jail.

6514 Ringgold Rd (Arrest 21-005858):

Courtney Watkins was taken into custody for possession of cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

183 I24 West (DUI 21-005863):

Kraig Smith was taken into custody for DUI and violation of the open container law.

 

Filed Under: Crime News, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.


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